Janus Flask
MS4987
From: Palestine | Yebna
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS4987 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Roman |
| Provenience | Palestine | Yebna |
| Date Made | 0-199 CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Glass |
| Technique | Mould-Blown |
| Iconography | Janus | Female Head |
| Description | Opaque white glass with heavy encrustation on faces. Flat base. Body in shape of double female heads with prominent chins. Cylindrical neck with flaring rim. Rim rolled inward to round edge. |
| Height | 7.4 cm |
| Width | 4.2 cm |
| Depth | 3.1 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Fr. Vester and Company, American Colony Store, Jerusalem, 1913 |
| Other Number | GL05 (ancient glass project) - Other Number | 2581 - Other Number |
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